SATURDAY Art at The Frick The Frick Art Museum will hold a free, daylong family celebration to mark the opening of "Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration." It will feature 40 works on paper, surveying such artists as Randolph...

"Queen of the Falls' worth adding to 'must read' list Award-winning author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg once described how he creates his wonderful books: 'At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking A...

This is not your average children’s picture book; instead, is a series of 14 exquisitely detailed, black and white illustrations, each accompanied by an enigmatic title and caption. Alternately whimsical and haunting, the illustrations in this book...

North York resident Richard Ungar has a new book entitled, 'Time Snatchers'. Photo/COURTESY The Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue area resident was taking a children's writing class at George Brown College a decade ago when he and his fellow students...

Tween Book Club A lively discussion for ages 9-12. The books for January areare "Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children" by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and "The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales" by...

Chris Van Allsburg’s marvelous children’s book The Polar Express, an unnamed boy ends up taking a magical journey on a train to the North Pole where he is eventually given a silver bell from Santa’s sleigh. But interestingly, after returning home only...